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Two questions about 8./JG 54 in June 1941
Hi everyone,
Two questions about 8./kg 54 : according to ww2.dk 8./JG 54 was at Laschen, east Prussia, from 20.6.41 to 26.6.41 so where is Laschen ? When they left Laschen I assume they went to Kedainiai with the rest of the gruppe, but when ? I find some dates for arrival of the gruppe at Kedainiai as 26 June, others say 27 or 28 June. Is there a definitive answer ? Thanks in advance oquaig |
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Re: Two questions about 8./JG 54 in June 1941
oquaig,
Use this page and enter Laschen in the town/ort name field - it will return several locations in East Prussia.
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Re: Two questions about 8./JG 54 in June 1941
Also there's a very good useful (and downloadable) map of airfields in Bundesarchiv RL 7-11/13 (on page 17). It stretches from Metz in the west across to East Prussia and western Poland (essentially the "Greater German Reich"plus Denmark, parts of Holland and the north of Italy).
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Re: Two questions about 8./JG 54 in June 1941
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Thanks for the Kartenmeister link. I had it on my last computer but it didn’t get transferred to my new one. Nice to have it back. I found two Laschens. One is 37 km SSE of Klaipeda (Memel) now called Laši. In Timin’s book there is a map that indicates Laschen airfield was here, but according to all the German maps there never was an airfield here. Quote:
Thanks for the RL 7-11/13 file. I have overlays for Luftflotte 1 that go with this map. One shows the deployment of Flak units, the other shows Fliegerkorps I airfields with III./JG 54 at Schlossberg (after 1939, Pillkallen before, now Dobrovol’sk) and an airfield to the SW. Using the Kartenmeister, and the Deutsche Heereskarte, I found Laschen 3.3 km SW of Schlossberg (it no longer exists, it’s just an empty field now), 54.758896N 22.456174E. I have seen a report about the forward command post Fliegerkorps I moving to Kedainiai on 25.6.41. III./JG 54 is said to have moved there on 26.6.41, but I still wonder if that was the entire gruppe or just 7.9./JG 54. Thanks again oquaig |
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